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By Sara Klein Wagner Happy Birthday to the world: 5784 years and wishing many more. Birthdays can be big occasions, and the birthday for the world deserves to be especially meaningful. I love how one of the most beautiful elements … Read More
D’var Torah Rabbi Ben Freed No athlete would show up to a big game without practicing. Actors, dancers and musicians spend countless hours rehearsing before they perform for a crowd. And yet, as Jews we often think that we are … Read More
D’var Torah Rabbi Laura Metzger Mah nishtanah ha-hodesh ha-zeh – how is this month different? Though the words are almost the words we say during the Passover seder, they speak of this month, the month of Elul and how very … Read More
CHICAGO – Too often, Rosh Hashanah resembles Kramer from “Seinfeld.” Barging onto the scene in a haste, it takes us aback. Its entry neither upsets nor disappoints us. But it comes with little warning, out of nowhere. The Jewish New … Read More
The beauty of the Jewish calendar is the flow from season to season, from holiday to holiday – from festival to festival. One of the months is Elul, a time of reflection that began on August 12 and leads up … Read More
Next week we begin the month of Elul, our month to begin preparing for the Yamim Noraim, the Days of Awe, and the marathon of fall holidays. I think the recent Olympic games serve as a fitting analogy for this … Read More